Detroiters like Stevie Wonder and John Conyers were instrumental in making Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a federal ...

Monday, January 20, commemorates the birthday of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. This year, the holiday coincides with ...

There will also be an extra emphasis on King’s ideas and words about leadership and equality, versus the ideas and words of the incoming President Donald Trump, whose inauguration falls on Marti ...

This year, the inauguration falls on the same day ... to the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Former U.S. Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., introduced legislation to ...